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Video Poker is a popular game that usually will be bet on in casinos all over the globe, or alternatively at home on your computer, through a web connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the highest mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. On this account it’s very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A 5 card hand will then be electronically ‘dealt’ on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and gamblers will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he would like to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be handed out if desired. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most money-making machine each instance.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on and try to to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that have been won. Further, some styles of the game give the player an opportunity to increase their profits, in which instance a further hand is played. There are also variations between individual games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.